std.path.getName(): Screwy by design?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 14:27:38 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ikj3nf$1l0v$1 at digitalmars.com...
> 
> > Daniel Gibson Wrote:
> >> .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either.
> >> The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden
> >> file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't
> > 
> > I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just so
> > happens to have the convention of not being shown.
> 
> That's the exact same thing. "not being shown" == "hidden" What else could
> "not being shown" mean, if not "hidden"? Obstructed view?
> 
> > Linux doesn't have "hidden" files.
> 
> That's just like saying "Windows doesn't have hidden files, it just has
> some files with a flag that happen to have the convention of not being
> shown". Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I'm not a fan of duck typing,
> but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has the DNA of a
> duck...it certainly ain't no elephant.

No. It's a cat. :)

- Jonathan M Davis


P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...